29th June 2013, 11:22 AM
I've been pushing for watercolours for years - in a lot of those old reports yer painting actually shows what was going on in 3D, as opposed to an awful lot of modern published photos and plans/sections where its all a bit 2D and gives the impression that most archaeology is 'flat'. A painting is perhaps less 'scientific' but much more understandable to the ultimate 'client' (i.e. the public). Most modern science was based on people carrying a sketch book and some paints during 'the Age of Discovery'.